Construction news

• Commercial work rise sees construction return to growth

  04-08-2023 11:24
  
  Construction buyers reported a return to industry growth in July as a rise in commercial work saw output hit its highest level in five months.
  The bellwether S&P Global / CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index posted 51.7 in July – up from 48.9 in June.
  Robust increases in commercial building (index at 54.4) and civil engineering (53.9) were offset by a steep fall in house building (43.0).Tim Moore, Economics Director at S&P Global Market Intelligence, which compiles
  
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• Jenner acquires M&E specialist Reina Group

  04-08-2023 09:07
  
  Kent based contractor Jenner Group has acquired M&E specialist Reina Group.
  Both firms have worked together for more than 20 years with Reina a vital part of Jenner’s supply chain providing plumbing and heating services.
  Reina Group will continue to operate as a separate business with Jenner directors joining its board.Jenner managing director Martin Sandall said: “With construction moving at pace towards a more sustainable future, and with  rigorous industry standards being
  
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• Hinkley Point scaffolders plan industrial action

  04-08-2023 08:42
  
  More than 300 scaffolders working at the Hinkley Point site are now planning a day a week on unofficial strike action after downing tools on Wednesday.
  The scaffolders working for BYLOR are understood to be angry about pay rates and shift patterns on the site.
  One told the Enquirer: “Things have been bubbling for a while. We have been wanting the mechanical rate, our travel pay is way below what the MEH Alliance get.
  “This week we just made stand, it’s not a happy camp here.&rd
  
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• RED lands £31m historic Pall Mall office deal

  04-08-2023 08:21
  
  RED Construction Group has been appointed to deliver the £31m redevelopment of 55 Pall Mall.
  The firm will oversee construction of a new office development spanning 3,271 sq m.
  The existing buildings will be demolished down to basement level to make way for the new high-quality building, incorporating retail units and office accommodation.The Pall Mall façade will be retained and renovated, with sections being carefully dismantled from site to be cleaned and stored before reinstalla
  
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• ISG cladding pay row takes another twist

  04-08-2023 08:20
  
  Cladding contractor FK Construction has been told to hand back £1.69m to ISG it was awarded in a High Court enforcement of an adjudication decision.
  The move is the latest twist in a long-running payment dispute between the specialist and ISG.
  Earlier this year FK won a High Court ruling enforcing an adjudication requiring ISG to pay its subcontractor £1.69m.ISG challenged the adjudicator’s award relating to Project Barberry, a warehouse project at an industrial park in Avonmou
  
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• Heathrow paves the way with low carbon concrete trial

  04-08-2023 07:53
  
  Heathrow has kickstarted a ground-breaking new trial to explore the viability of lower carbon concrete for runways and taxiways.
  The trial has been designed to test the concrete’s durability and longevity in a true-to-life airport setting and is one of the first of its kind at any airport in the world.
  It is the first of a number being planned that will test and trial other low carbon concrete materials on the market.
  It is intended that the outcomes of these trials can be used to reduce e
  
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• Scottish school geodesic domed building approved

  04-08-2023 07:27
  
  One of Scotland’s leading independent schools has got the planning go-ahead for a pioneering domed education building that will lead in the development of low embodied carbon construction.
  Robertson Construction will build the Futures Institute at Dollar Academy (FIDA) in central Scotland.
  Designed by Eden Project architect Grimshaw, the domed educational center in Dollar, near Stirling is set to achieve the country’s first Living Building certification.The project seeks to
  
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• Scottish school dome designed by Eden Project architect

  04-08-2023 07:27
  
  One of Scotland’s leading independent schools has got the planning go-ahead for a pioneering domed education building that will lead in the development of low embodied carbon construction.
  Robertson Construction will build the Futures Institute at Dollar Academy (FIDA) in central Scotland.
  Designed by Eden Project architect Grimshaw, the domed educational center in Dollar, near Stirling is set to achieve the country’s first Living Building certification.The project seeks to
  
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